November 6: Breakfast Forum at Washtenaw Food Hub
Join us at the Washtenaw Food Hub on November 6 for a breakfast forum, brought to you by Food System Economic Partnership. This is a great place to network with those interested in supporting the local...
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The Food Hub Has Lots of News to Share!
Hello, Friends! The FSEP breakfast, advertised in the previous post, will be the first of a monthly series located at the WFH bringing together any and all members of our region to present and share...
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What is a Food Hub?
Recently, we have heard a lot of questions about food hubs: what are they? What do they do? How is a food hub different from other operations? Hopefully, this post can shed some light on these...
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What is a Food Hub? Part II: National Models We Like
Hopefully our last blog post provided you with a few examples of what a food hub is and how it operates. Now that we have covered the basics, we would like to show you what is happening in the world...
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What is a Food Hub? Part III: Michigan Hubs
We wanted to continue our blog series on food hubs by returning close to home here in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development recently awarded $1.9 million in grant...
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What is a Food Hub? Part IV: Moving forward with some help from the past!
Image courtesy of Noel Kerns Photography “Now, we find, ‘the market-place’ assumes another aspect, a change which time and circumstances have created. The producer is often hundreds of miles in one...
View ArticleFSEP’s April Breakfast Forum: “Politics of Right to Farm for Small Urban,...
Coming up on Monday, April 1, is the Food and Farming Innovation Network’s Monthly Breakfast, hosted by Food System Economic Partnership (FSEP). This month’s topic is “Politics of Right to Farm for...
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We celebrate the arrival of Spring with a few progress updates and a feature...
The final layouts for our storage and processing facilities are complete and bids from contractors are being reviewed as we look forward to begin operations during the upcoming growing season. Our...
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FSEP’s May Breakfast Forum: “The Ethics of Local Food”
Paul B. Thompson Coming up on Monday, May 6, is the Food and Farming Innovation Network’s Monthly Breakfast, hosted by Food System Economic Partnership (FSEP). This month’s topic is “The Ethics of...
View ArticleJune Breakfast Forum: “Connecting Small Farmers to New Markets Through Food...
Coming up on Monday, June 3, is the Food and Farming Innovation Network’s Monthly Breakfast. This month’s topic, “Connecting Small Farmers to New Markets Through Food Hubs,” will be presented by Marty...
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